silkienewbie93
Chirping
- Jun 15, 2020
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Hi
I have a 2 year old hatchery chicken who’s acting a bit lethargic. She will slowly wander around the coop occasionally but is mostly standing around with her feathers puffed up and sleeping. At first I thought she might be egg bound because she had spent a lot of time in the nesting box and we’d had some wrinkly egg shells recently so I gave her a few warm baths and some calcium. However this was a couple days ago and she wasn’t doing a penguins stance or straining so I suspect she may have just been starting to go broody.
She has been eating a little, not much but she has been drinking. She’s had some poops that were mostly clear but she’s also had one normal looking poop that I saw.
She seems slightly more energetic in the mornings and more lethargic in the afternoons.
I noticed yesterday morning that her crop was semi hard and golf ball sized so I massaged it and gave her a bit of olive oil. This morning her crop feels more squishy like a water balloon. I gave her some apple cider vinegar just now to potentially help with the yeast.
I can feel her breastbone but she’s always been a skinnier chicken so I’m not sure if this has changed.
Her comb is red but a bit floppy. Sometimes it looks a bit darker red than usual but I’m not sure.
Do you think this is an impacted/sour crop issue? Reproductive? Worms/coccidiosis?
I have antibiotics, dewormer and Corid available but I’m not sure which to use, if any, since I don’t think they can all be mixed together in her water.
I have a 2 year old hatchery chicken who’s acting a bit lethargic. She will slowly wander around the coop occasionally but is mostly standing around with her feathers puffed up and sleeping. At first I thought she might be egg bound because she had spent a lot of time in the nesting box and we’d had some wrinkly egg shells recently so I gave her a few warm baths and some calcium. However this was a couple days ago and she wasn’t doing a penguins stance or straining so I suspect she may have just been starting to go broody.
She has been eating a little, not much but she has been drinking. She’s had some poops that were mostly clear but she’s also had one normal looking poop that I saw.
She seems slightly more energetic in the mornings and more lethargic in the afternoons.
I noticed yesterday morning that her crop was semi hard and golf ball sized so I massaged it and gave her a bit of olive oil. This morning her crop feels more squishy like a water balloon. I gave her some apple cider vinegar just now to potentially help with the yeast.
I can feel her breastbone but she’s always been a skinnier chicken so I’m not sure if this has changed.
Her comb is red but a bit floppy. Sometimes it looks a bit darker red than usual but I’m not sure.
Do you think this is an impacted/sour crop issue? Reproductive? Worms/coccidiosis?
I have antibiotics, dewormer and Corid available but I’m not sure which to use, if any, since I don’t think they can all be mixed together in her water.
